This is a blog about traveling on a budget but still experiencing the cities and towns we visit.

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Makarska, Croatia

I have to admit that I was not
impressed with Makarska when I first arrived. For me it reminiscent of the overbuilt beach towns of Florida but with less Americans and
more Bosnians. There are apartment buildings everywhere renting
rooms, finding good food was difficult at best and the beaches were
overrun (and weren’t that spacious to begin with). But, once we
wandered into the Old Town, I warmed a bit. Overall, I would say that
there are better beach towns on the mainland of Croatian that are
less crowded (keep in mind we were there in earl September. I can
only imagine what it is like in the height of summer.)

For those who like the club scene,
there was a really cool club at the south end of the bay that is
carved out of a cave. There are also a number of bars that serve
some decent drinks. Some had live music that was pretty good, but
most were fairly standard bars.